The name of famous Serbian inventor and futurist, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) the inventor of AC current, Tesla Coils, radio, x-Ray machines, radar and thousands of inventions used in the modern world, included was the power plant of Niagara Falls.
― Anonymous User 2/8/2017
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In Hungary Nikola is strictly a female name! Never used for men. [noted -ed]
A famous bearer of the name: Nikola Milojević, Serbian footballer Nikola, Crown Prince of Crna Gora, Montenegrin prince Nikola Altomanović, Serbian medieval ruler Nikola Avramov, Bulgarian painter Nikola Tordeich, is a NZ born celebirty Nikola Frankopan, Croatian ban Nikola Grbić, Serbian volleyball player Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime minister Nikola Jerkan, Croatian footballer Nikola Jorgic, Bosnian Serb soldier Nikola Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer Nikola Jurčević, Croatian footballer Nikola Karabatić, French team handball player Nikola Karev, Macedonian revolutionary Nikola Kavaja, Serbian anti-communists Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian politician Nikola Kochovski, Macedonian footballer Nikola Kojo, Serbian actor Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer Nikola Kovachev, Bulgarian footballer Nikola Kuljača, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper Nikola Lashley, British journalist Nikola Lazetić, Serbian footballer Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian politician Nikola Mandić, Croatian politician Nikola Martinovski, Macedonian painter Nikola Mijailovic, Serbian opera singer Nikola Mijailović, Serbian footballer Nikola Milojević, Serbian football goalkeeper Nikola Milošević, Serbian intellectual Nikola Modruški, Croatian catholic priest Nikola Moravčević, Serbian academic Nikola Moushmov, Bulgarian historian Nikola Mushanov, Bulgarian politician Nikola Nešković, Serbian painter Nikola Nikezić, Montenegrin footballer Nikola Nikić, Bosnian Serb footballer Nikola Nimac, Croatian racer Nikola Obreshkov, Bulgarian mathematician Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician and diplomat Nikola Petroff, Bulgarian wrestler Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player Nikola Rakočevič, Serbian actor Nikola Resanovic, Serbian-American composer Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish rock musician Nikola Šećeroski, Serbian politician Nikola Stojić, Serbian rower Nikola Špirić, Bosnian Serb politician Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian-Hungarian ban Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor, physicist, and mechanical engineer Nikola Uzunović, Serbian politician Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet Nikola Vignjević, Serbian footballer Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Ragusian statesman Nikola Vujčić, Croatian basketball player Nikola Zhekov, Bulgarian military Nikola Žigić, Serbian footballer Nikola Ribic, Serbian-Canadian convicted for hostage-taking Nikola Langer, Czech manager Nikola Navrátil, Czech actor Nikola Brejchová, Czech athlete
In response to Dark's comment, Tesla did not discover electricity, he merely came up with a second current generator, among other inventions.In the Battle of the Currents, Thomas Edison was on the weaker DIRECT current side. Edison attempted to flatten Tesla's reputation by electrocuting several animals using Tesla's AC system. Tesla, however, was on the more powerful ALTERNATE current side. Tesla was able to shoot lightning from his fingers using AC current without getting seriously hurt.